Jill Schramm/MDN Amber Wood, right, executive director with the North Dakota Livestock Alliance, speaks on a panel on livestock development during the Souris Basin Planning Council’s State of Region 2 meeting in the North Dakota State Fair Center in Minot Thursday, Oct. 30. Other panelists, from left, are state Sen. Paul Thomas, Tom Bodine from the North Dakota Agriculture Department and Morton County Commissioner Jackie Buckley.

Large scale animal operations don’t need to be feared but can be part of a thriving agricultural industry in North Dakota, according to panelists who spoke at the Souris Basin Planning Council’s State of Region 2 meeting in Minot Thursday, Oct. 30.

“From my perspective, successful livestock growth can be fashioned in many ways, whether it’s large animal facility

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